Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Wrex and Terry Visit CBS Morning News













Las Vegas headliner & valued client Terry Fator made an appearance on CBS Morning over the past weekend. During his interview with Armen Keteyian, he introduced Wrex the Crash Test Dummy and gave a shout out to Puppet Heap! Thanks, Terry!

Click here to see Wrex in action.


Thursday, January 6, 2011

This Sunday, Come Get Crafty with Diana Schoenbrun!

Have the monsters in your closet migrated for the holidays? Maybe it's time for you to make some new ones.

You can do just that at WORD this Sunday, January 9th.

WORD is a new bookstore located at 126 Franklin St. in Brooklyn. The event, hosted by Puppet Heap's own Diana Schoenbrun, is free, and all are welcome.













From the Facebook event page:

"Make your very own Beasties with artist Diana! She’ll present her new book, which teaches crafters to make all manner of mythic and imaginary creatures from around the world from felt. All ages welcome; everyone will go home with a beastie made during the event."

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Puppet Heap on The Daily Show Tonight!

A new Puppet Heap puppet is going to be featured on The Daily Show tonight! The show airs on Comedy Central at 11 PM/10 c.

Click here
for more information about The Daily Show.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Puppet Heap Prepares for 2011

We have been really busy getting some big projects underway and can't wait to share them with all of you!

With these undertakings, Puppet Heap is expanding and looking to add a few talented individuals to our team.

Click here to view our current openings and see if any of them are right for you.

Monday, November 8, 2010

New Puppet Heap Site Launched!

There are a great deal of goings-on in the world of puppetry this fall, and there couldn't be a better time to roll out our new website.

Click here if you haven't seen it yet, and let us know what you think.

If you are a puppet enthusiast [or any kind of enthusiast], there are a whole lot of happenings that might interest you -- one of which features puppets designed by Puppet Heap's very own Anna Paniccia.

The Kentucky Goblin Siege
is running at the Kraine Theater in NYC (85 E. 4th Street) every Wednesday through November 24th.

"The Kentucky Goblin Siege is a sci-fi comedy based on accounts of one of the largest reported alien encounters in U.S. history. It's August 21, 1955, in the small town of Kelly, Kentucky, and the Sutton family is welcoming old family friends in from out of town and settling in for a night of catching up. But when strange goblin-like creatures begin to appear, all hell breaks loose. The Kentucky Goblin Siege is a hilarious play about xenophobia and reversed expectations, and will feature the biggest gun battle between human actors and alien puppets to ever grace the stage of the Kraine Theater. "


If you have a chance to catch this great show [or any others], tell us about it!

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Ivan Takes Blu Moon Award!

"Ye Ballade of Ivan Petrofsky Skevar" won the Blu Moon Award at the Blu Moon Independent Film Festival this past weekend (October 8th-9th). It was the audience-selected short film.
















Click here to watch the film, or to check out the other winning entries.

Monday, August 16, 2010

EXIT ROW: Behind The Scenes

Admit it - you were a little curious as to how the folks here at Puppet Heap rigged two paper bags to projectile-vomit.

Puppet Heaper Matthew Brennan took the time to tell us a little bit about his experience working on Exit Row.



Left: Matthew Brennan is brewing a bucket of puke. Right: Matthew and Melissa Creighton fill 'er up.


"The puke rig was a latex pump which is usually used to fill molds. They had the right amount of pressure and control to be able to spew on cue."

"After buckets of slop and slime settled overnight, we soaked oatmeal with yellow and green food coloring. But the true secret is a few drops of red. Gives the puke just the right amount of bloody, natural goodness. Soaking the oatmeal overnight made it extra slimy. We made a lot and it still wasn't enough!"



Tim Lagasse (left) and James Godwin (right) get suited up prior to their performance.




Here, the cast and crew are hard at work.


"Tim and James were in extreme waterproof gear the whole time. We covered them up pretty good but the puke still managed to get down their sleeves all day long.
They both stayed in character the whole time being completely ridiculous and hysterical. They were troopers for being thrown up upon the whole shoot. It was a treat to watch them perform."




Left: Anna Paniccia poses with the lovingly crafted puke rig. Right: James Godwin and Tim Lagasse perform Chuck & Ralph.


"Months of planning went in but the shoot itself took two days during a heavy snowstorm. The crew was great to work with. The Chuck and Ralph puppets are really neat to see come to life and they have so much personality for paper bags...

After every puke scene, everyone burst out [laughing] as soon as cut was called. Fake puke is always funny."

Now, without further adieu, we bring you Episode Number 10 of Exit Row.